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About Painting on Silk
Yes,
painting on silk is creating art on fabric, with silk as a canvas .Why
silk painting?
Each technique has its own beauty. For people who can enjoy different
texture silk is a pleasure
for the eyes . The shimmer and transparency of silk creates a delightful
surface,good to touch
when you are wearing peace of silk or to have it as a painting on your
wall.
For painting, always
use the best quality China silk , Crepe de Chine is the most common type
used for silk painting. It has an even weave, a smooth surface and a velvety
feel.
It is truly spectacularLiquid dyes and paints flow an move when applied
to fabric.
To control this capillary action, a material called a resist is used.
The use of resist defines the
migration of paints and dyes on fabric for color placement. It also decorate
painting by creating
a beautifuloutline that can be in different colors. It can be clear ,black
or metallic colors that
come from the tube with metal tip and alow you to create really vivid
details with sharp , crisp
lines . Using colored resist adds dramatic dimensions to the painting.
Traditional silk painting
dyes come in liquid developed exclusively for fabric painting and have
the unique quality of being transparent. When applied to silk, they move
easily and that is one of
the most exciting aspects of the silk painting.Watching the colors move
is an exhilarating
experience! When the painting is completed the dyes need to be steam-
fixed so that they
become color-fast.
The painted silk looks beautiful after steaming;the colours become brighter
and more intense ,
and the full sheen of the silk is restored.Now you can wash it, the color
won't come off.
You dont need to wash wall hangings though, the color will stay for a
long time like oil paint.
Liquid Paint For Silk

Finest Chine Silk

Trasferring Drawing On Silk
Outline With Resist
Paint With Brush On the Wet Fabric
Stretch Silk On A Stretcher Bar Sides Are Painted
History of Painting on Silk
Historically,
fabric painting was very popular in the far east. How can we forget
kimono art in
Japan over the centuries? And, of course, remember that silk originated
in China.
Then there is Indonesia , which give us batik . Although the dyes were
developed around 1850,
it was not until approximately1920 that silk painting started to develop
as we know it today.
Russian émigrés fled to Paris and earned a living making exquisite men's
silk handkerchiefs .
Experimenting, they started to paint on silk fabric and art of silk
painting was born .
This soon evolved to painting on other items such as scarves and wall
hangings and grew tosuch
an extent that it made a big influence on Fashion Design in France.
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